The incident happened on Sunday, November 12 on board the 9.45am service from London Euston to Glasgow Central.

A group of five boarded the train at Preston at around 12.50pm and started the chants.

A statement from British Transport Police said: “A group of four men and one woman boarded the service at Preston station at 12.50pm and began singing sectarian and transphobic songs, which included degrading remarks about transgender people, throughout the journey.